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The Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center has received generous support from the New Jersey Historical Commission.

New Jersey Information Center
Inventory of New Jersey Newspapers on Microfilm

The biggest Newark papers are the Newark Daily Advertiser (19th century) the Newark News (also known as the Newark Evening News or Newark Sunday News, 1883-1972) and the Star Ledger (became the largest paper after the News). The Newark Library has a near-complete run of all three papers.

Microformed papers below are not indexed or full-text searchable unless otherwise specified (e.g. Newark Evening News has a full run index for most articles 1914-1972 [obits not death notices], Star Ledger after 1971 has a partial index).

For reference questions, research services, and to order copies, call the New Jersey Information Center at (973) 733-7775 or email njreference@npl.org.

Also on “New Jersey Newspapers Anniversary Issues” reel. Handwritten indexes available (by name, by subject, and by town) for each year 1914-1972 [includes obits but not death notices], as well as subject files.